Simran Brar

Advocate/अधिवक्ता, Delhi High Court & Supreme Court of India

New Delhi | रामपुर, उत्तर प्रदेश

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

@thetatvaindia Tragic and horrifying. If parents gave less jewellery in marriage but a small accommodation as per affordability (the ones who can) to the girl, atleast some girls in such circumstances can walk out of a dangerous situation. And - a divorced daughter is better than a dead one.

[Sann @san_x_m]

A teacher in Dehradun told his class that light travels only in straight lines.

One boy in that room spent the next forty years bending it, and the internet now runs on what he built.

His name was Narinder Singh Kapany.

Born in Moga, Punjab in 1926. Schooled in Dehradun, graduated from Agra University, worked as an officer in the Indian Ordnance Factories. In 1952 he went to Imperial College London.

There, with a professor named Harold Hopkins, he bundled thin strands of glass together and transmitted a clear image through them. Around corners. Along bends. Nobody had done it before.

That is fibre optics. Undersea internet cables, endoscopy, laser surgery. He gave the field its name in a 1960 article in Scientific American.

Nehru wanted him back in India as scientific adviser to the defence ministry. He went to America instead. Founded Optics Technology, took it public in 1967, held over a hundred patents, and became one of the first Indians to build a company on that scale in Silicon Valley.

In 2009 the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the transmission of light through glass fibre. It went to Charles Kao, who had solved the problem of impurities in the glass swallowing the signal.

Kapany was not named.

Whether he should have shared it is still disputed by people who understand the physics. What is not disputed is that Fortune had already listed him among the seven unsung heroes of the twentieth century, ten years earlier.

He died in California in 2020, aged ninety four. India awarded him the Padma Vibhushan the following year.

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

@yoonshabnami Also - Woh shaam kuchh ajeeb thi
https://t.co/nEoKxAdhDu

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@yoonshabnami Phoolon ke rang se
https://t.co/TVmMNzxkXZ

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

And he/his family collected some invaluable sikh Art - The Kapany Collection of Sikh art is primarily housed at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California, and parts of it are managed through the Sikh Foundation International. Assembled by Narinder Singh Kapany and Satinder Kaur Kapany, portions of the extensive assemblage of paintings and artifacts are also featured in traveling university exhibitions and documented via the Smithsonian. It consists of Rare miniature paintings, illustrated Janamsakhis, and historical Sikh artifacts.

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

@biased_human We can only hope for a ban for this for kids. An entire generation of kids is already afflicted. And next generation is about to be a reel graduates too. This is captured in Economic Survey 2026 too but no one seems to take steps @EduMinOfIndia

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

@njissawrites https://t.co/SSS0uXiKMC

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

@BullTheoryio What a story!

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

True. But is there data on whether financially independent women are less prone (doesn't become nill) to domestic abuse or can walk out on violence? Would be nice if this article can update it with this data. Will help girls know the importance of financial independence dehors their father or brother or husband.

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

@thetatvaindia Tragic and horrifying. If parents gave less jewellery in marriage but a small accommodation as per affordability (the ones who can) to the girl, atleast some girls in such circumstances can walk out of a dangerous situation. And - a divorced daughter is better than a dead one.

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

@njissawrites "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
- tale of 2 cities, charles dickens

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

@karunpal In the deluge of non-fiction self help books, people forget that fiction books can be self help books

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

Probably in the top 5 important life skills. Not spoken of enough.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

James Clear: The ability to bounce back quickly is a key skill in life.

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

@dashmeshstud Brilliant @dashmeshstud

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

A legislation that is long overdue and who could have put it in a more straightforward way than the bold Ms. @RekhaMody3
#narishaktivandanadhiniyam #womensquota

[Rekha Mody@SheLeads @RekhaMody3]

Do not mess with us.

We are the voice of women—
From Kashmir to Kanyakumari—
With a single demand:
If not reservation, then give us tickets!

Heed the challenge
45% representation in Panchayats,
9% in State Legislative Assemblies,
14% in the Lok Sabha.
33% is our rightful share

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

@christopherhope ❤️ @Number10cat

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

Also most who've graduated Grade 12 don't have basic computer skills. Only smartphone usage skills.

[The Times Of India @timesofindia]

#STATOISTICS | Periodic Labour Force Survey data shows rising financial pressure on households, with the share of young men aged 15-24 who are leaving education to supplement family incomes rising from 58% in 2017 to 72% in 2023

Read more in today's Times Of India print edition 📰https://t.co/smjXAZzzfc

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

This would be a great 1st step, if taken! @MinistryWCD @EduMinOfIndia @BetiBachaoBetiP
https://t.co/6Vyq8261Zx

[Simran Brar @simranbrar]

आप सब को होलिका दहन की शुभ कामनाएं। #होलिका_दहन
https://t.co/4kKcG29KCQ
The story of Prahlad and Holika and the meaning behind the festival of colours